Steve Lovett gets posthumous tribute with 'Puccini'

For 30 years, Steve Lovett was a mainstay of Dallas theater, not only as an actor, but as a playwright, with several gay romantic comedies among his most acclaimed. His last play, Hopelessly Puccini, debuted at WaterTower’s Out of the Loop Fringe Festival in March to generally good reviews. A few weeks later, Lovett discovered he was in need of cardiac bypass surgery. He never recovered, passing away on June 11.

As a tribute to Lovett, the Dallas Public Library and its GLBT Adult Programming Committee presents a staged reading of Hopelessly Puccini at the downtown branch’s first floor auditorium on Tuesday at 7 p.m. The cast includes actors from the WaterTower production, including Ted Wold and Heath Billups (pictured), and is directed by Lovett’s friend, LisaAnne Haram.